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Speaker 1: We have had quite literally the best week or two

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Speaker 1: So thank you so so much. The numbers are outstanding,

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Speaker 1: not going to play. The presidents have allegedly voted, and

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Speaker 1: so we're just not gonna play. Michael, you could have

430
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Speaker 1: arrived today and you could see the problem in that. Right,

431
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Speaker 1: you don't even need to know the name of the commissioner.

432
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Speaker 1: You don't need to know the name of your university president.

433
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,040
Speaker 1: You don't need to know anything more than what you

434
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Speaker 1: just told me in this question slash statement that you

435
00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,600
Speaker 1: issued to know. There's more at play here than just

436
00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,960
Speaker 1: the safety and well being of players. That is obvious.

437
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,280
Speaker 1: Anyone who argues with that is void of any reason

438
00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 1: or logic based ability to make a conclusion, because that's

439
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,399
Speaker 1: not all that's in play. If it was, then you wouldn't, have,

440
00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:33,399
Speaker 1: like Michael said, every other level of football happening. So

441
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Speaker 1: either you are one of two mentalities here. You are

442
00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,440
Speaker 1: either of we're the ones that are playing it by

443
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Speaker 1: the book and everyone else is being reckless and endangering

444
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Speaker 1: the lives of kids, which is ludicrous. Or you're of

445
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,879
Speaker 1: the opinion that the threshold, the non zero risk threshold

446
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,480
Speaker 1: that is acceptable to be in in order to play football,

447
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 1: has been met, and yet we're the ones dragging our

448
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,000
Speaker 1: feet for whatever reason. Now I put the word whatever

449
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Speaker 1: in that sentence. It's in a blank. It's written in pencil.

450
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 1: You can turn that pencil over and you can erase

451
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Speaker 1: the word whatever, and you can fill that blank in

452
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Speaker 1: with whatever word you want to. Most of you would

453
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,840
Speaker 1: put political in there. It's been, to be honest with you,

454
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Speaker 1: a very big challenge for me because I notoriously avoid

455
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Speaker 1: placing politics of any kind in the show. And the

456
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Speaker 1: reason it's been hard is because it is glaringly obvious

457
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Speaker 1: that politics are in play here, and so I've tried

458
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Speaker 1: to handle this as best and as delicately as I can,

459
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Speaker 1: but it has been a struggle because it's obvious to

460
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Speaker 1: anyone that has been paying attention, and confirmed since then

461
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,480
Speaker 1: behind the scenes by multiple people. It's to me, at least,

462
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 1: it's obvious that politics are in play here. So Michael,

463
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Speaker 1: I understand your frustration. Hopefully we arrive at some kind

464
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Speaker 1: of acceptable conclusion here soon. Cassie kind of asked a

465
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Speaker 1: similar question, but it's along the lines of the future.

466
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Speaker 1: Do you think that if the Big Ten doesn't play

467
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Speaker 1: this fall that Ohio State would seriously consider leaving and

468
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Speaker 1: if so, maybe merge with another conference or go independent? Cassie,

469
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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't, But at the same time, I

470
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Speaker 1: would never say never. I just have learned that football,

471
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: while it's really big to us, I mean, it's everything

472
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Speaker 1: to us. That's what this entire show is based on.

473
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Speaker 1: It's not everything to the people in positions to make

474
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Speaker 1: those decisions, and that's not a bad thing. Necessarily, although

475
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Speaker 1: in this situation I would certainly say it hasn't helped.

476
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Speaker 1: But when you're talking about removing affiliation and detaching yourself

477
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Speaker 1: from being affiliated with a conference that you've been in

478
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 1: since I want to say, the early nineteen hundreds, for

479
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Speaker 1: Ohio State, it would take a lot. Now, this is

480
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Speaker 1: a lot. This is if it doesn't get rectified. It

481
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Speaker 1: is a lot. But the emotion you have in asking

482
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Speaker 1: this question, the emotion that I have in talking about it,

483
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Speaker 1: the people who would be making these decisions remove totally

484
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Speaker 1: from the equation, and they're talking dollars and cents, and

485
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Speaker 1: they are absolutely talking politics, and they're talking about vision

486
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,439
Speaker 1: that is far bigger than just the status of a

487
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Speaker 1: football season. So for that reason, no, I don't believe. So.

488
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Speaker 1: Now could I see Ohio State thriving as an independent. Absolutely,

489
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Speaker 1: Ohio State would thrive no matter where they went. Make

490
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Speaker 1: no mistake. I'm a believer that the Big Ten needs

491
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Speaker 1: Ohio State far more than Ohio State needs the Big Ten.

492
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Speaker 1: Ohio State could probably snap their fingers and land in

493
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Speaker 1: the SEC tomorrow if they wanted to. I don't think

494
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Speaker 1: it would happen for many reasons, but Ohio State would

495
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Speaker 1: be fine regardless of the route they went. But having

496
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Speaker 1: said that, I don't think they're going to go that route.

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Speaker 1: Andrew up next, Josh, what are your thoughts on the

498
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Speaker 1: forty plus players who were unable to scrimmage for Tennessee

499
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Speaker 1: this weekend because of COVID or contact tracing. I don't

500
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Speaker 1: doubt the safety of the facilities. It seems like a

501
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,200
Speaker 1: terrible blow, though, for a team not being able to

502
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Speaker 1: scrimmage while only being a few weeks away from Game

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Speaker 1: one against South Carolina. Andrew, I don't think it's as

504
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Speaker 1: big a blow as it seems, only because this is

505
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Speaker 1: an atypical practice slash preseason slash fall camp cycle out

506
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Speaker 1: what you said there at the very end, they're a

507
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Speaker 1: few weeks away from game one, not a few days,

508
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Speaker 1: and that's a very very important line of demarcation here.

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Speaker 1: If this were just a normal preseason setting where they

510
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Speaker 1: were giving you right at one month to lead up

511
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Speaker 1: to the first game, and you had to miss a

512
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Speaker 1: scrimmage and you had forty players on the shelf, well

513
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Speaker 1: it would be a detrimental blow. I mean, it would

514
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Speaker 1: be terrible, But that's not what the case is. The

515
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Speaker 1: case is that today I'm recording this on the morning

516
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Speaker 1: of September eighth, I want to say September eighth. Yes,

517
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Speaker 1: So their first game is September twenty sixth, so we're

518
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Speaker 1: still three weeks a little under three weeks away, and

519
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,480
Speaker 1: they've been practicing for a while. So the point is

520
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Speaker 1: they structured it for this very reason. The entire preseason

521
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,240
Speaker 1: format was structured with this in mind. It was structured

522
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Speaker 1: to where someone like Auburn could take a few days off,

523
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Speaker 1: or Tennessee could miss a scrimmage and you could send

524
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Speaker 1: sixty kids if you needed to into quarantine and you'd

525
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Speaker 1: still be good to go. So I think Tennessee will

526
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Speaker 1: still be good to go. Here's the question and kind

527
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Speaker 1: of the idea that a lot of people are floating

528
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Speaker 1: out in football circles. Now. Obviously, no one's ever been

529
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Speaker 1: through this before, and so it's kind of left open

530
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 1: ended when it's talked about. But there are some coaches

531
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Speaker 1: who are curious as to whether this may be a

532
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Speaker 1: benefit down the road. Since this is obviously a year

533
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Speaker 1: where no one is losing their eligibility, no one's really

534
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Speaker 1: worried about red shirting anyone this year, So a lot

535
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Speaker 1: of people understand that number one, because we don't have

536
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Speaker 1: to follow the red shirt guidelines this year. We can

537
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Speaker 1: play kids as many games as we want to. And

538
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Speaker 1: also because there is a threat even in the season

539
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Speaker 1: of you losing some players to COVID, we need to

540
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Speaker 1: have young players ready. Anyway. Some coaches are looking around

541
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Speaker 1: and saying, wait if I have one of these blows

542
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Speaker 1: dealt to me in early portions of camp and early

543
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Speaker 1: portions of practice, and I quote unquote am forced to

544
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Speaker 1: get young kids a lot of because they're having to

545
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 1: fill spots of guys who are out. Maybe that serves

546
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 1: me well down the road, because like you said, like

547
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 1: we just said, we're not on a truncated timetable here,

548
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: Like we still have time. Our starters are still going

549
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,640
Speaker 1: to be able to come back, and you know they're

550
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: still going to get reps in. But in the meantime,

551
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: we're getting some guys extra reps that we know we're

552
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 1: going to use this year anyway. And what I'm saying

553
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: is you could be in week seven for all we know,

554
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: and Tennessee could be overachieving relative to expectation, and a

555
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 1: lot of their young guys may be overperforming relative to expectation,

556
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: and you may look around like maybe their special teams

557
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: units are shining more than you would expect, and there

558
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,919
Speaker 1: are a lot of young guys on those units, and

559
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: you may look around and say, well, you know what

560
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,440
Speaker 1: I had Jeremy Pruet tell me before the game. You're

561
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Speaker 1: watching the national broadcast. We had Jeremy Pruet tell us

562
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Speaker 1: before the game. It turns out that it was a

563
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: blessing in disguise to be able to get a lot

564
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: of guys' reps when we had so many on the

565
00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 1: shelf in week two or week three of fall camp,

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Speaker 1: because those are the guys that are now contributing, whereas previously,

567
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 1: if we were in a normal schedule wouldn't maybe we

568
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to count on them as much as

569
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Speaker 1: we are. So that's something one thing that people are

570
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,640
Speaker 1: talking about behind the scenes. Again, no one really knows,

571
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: no one has any clue how this is going to go.

572
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 1: That's kind of the optimistic outlook on it though. Brock

573
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 1: is next. I have heard good things out of Columbia,

574
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Speaker 1: specifically on offensive identity at South Carolina, and I just

575
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: want to know, have you learned anything out of their camp?

576
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 1: Great show I got into it last year when I

577
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Speaker 1: heard you talking about South Carolina. Well, thank you, Brock.

578
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: So a few things that I've taken away. Quarterback battles fascinating.

579
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Speaker 1: Here you got Colin Hill and Ryan Helensky. And this

580
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 1: is another example in a million of why I don't

581
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: really buy preview magazines anymore. I like them, now, let

582
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,440
Speaker 1: me re let me backtrack. I buy them, but it's

583
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: a lot more out of tradition at this point than

584
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: it is out of leaning on them for information. Any

585
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 1: preview magazine you bought is telling you Ryan Jilensky is

586
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback. Here. They were written several months ago.

587
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: It's not their fault. I mean, they have a deadline.

588
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: They have to put a name down, sure enough, Ryan

589
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: Jilensky is probably the name that a lot of people expected.

590
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: But Colin Hill is pushing him, and right now it's

591
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: neck and neck. And you could find people who firmly

592
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: believe Colin Hill is going to win this, and you

593
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 1: could find people who firmly believe Ryan Jilensky's gonna win this.

594
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you where I'm looking, Okay, I mean,

595
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: quarterback's gonna work its way out one way or the

596
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 1: other Rico Powers, and I believe his name is Dre

597
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: Cary Caldwell. A couple of young receivers that are names

598
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: I keep hearing. And that's good. That's good because remember

599
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: or Tray Smith opted out this year, and that was

600
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: a receiver that you would count on at South Carolina.

601
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: He opted out this year. You know, Marshaun Lloyd is

602
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 1: lost for the season. Who is going to be I

603
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 1: think their star tailback. So they've lost some weapons on offense,

604
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: and they badly need playmakers badly. They just don't have

605
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: enough of them. And to compound matters, new offensive coordinator

606
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: installing a new offensive system. And it's a situation where

607
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: you've got to hear names like that that's out of necessity.

608
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,479
Speaker 1: You've got to be hearing names emerging at wide receiver,

609
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: emerging at running back. And there have been some names.

610
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: I just listed a couple of them. I just don't

611
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: know how far it takes them. I don't know how

612
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 1: much it means. I can't find anyone who could make

613
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: any reasonable conclusion about what to expect from South Carolina

614
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Speaker 1: against Tennessee. And for that matter, the previous question leads

615
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: me to believe Tennessee's going to be a real wild

616
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: card in Week one two. So for many reasons, probably

617
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Speaker 1: the most interesting now it may be the most ugly too,

618
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 1: but probably one of the most interesting games to watch

619
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Speaker 1: in the country. It may be in Columbia South Carolina

620
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Speaker 1: in Week one. It may be Tennessee versus South Carolina.

621
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Speaker 1: John is next up. This is a good question. We're

622
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Speaker 1: going to talk about this actually on Lake Cake later tonight,

623
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Speaker 1: if you're listening on Tuesday. I was playing scenarios with

624
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: my friends this weekend and this popped into my head.

625
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 1: Army looked very good Saturday, albeit against Middle Tennessee. But

626
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: they've been doing the same things on both sides of

627
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 1: the ball for years, and the tradition and transition looked

628
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: seamless without the presence of the Big ten and Pac twelve.

629
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Speaker 1: Could you see them sneaking into the playoff or, if

630
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: not them, any of the American teams. Yes, yes, I could.

631
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Speaker 1: I've been outspoken on this issue before. This is not

632
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: a normal year. I think things could change this year.

633
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: So John, I'll just tell you watch Late Cake Live

634
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: tonight the Tuesday Night Show if you're listening after today,

635
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: because we're going to talk about this in longer detail.

636
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: Next up is I love Bryce Young. That's the name

637
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: of the poster. Let's see which direction they choose to go.

638
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 1: Anyone's guest here, it's about Alabama. Who do you project

639
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: to start opposite Dylan Moses at inside linebacker for Alabama?

640
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: This answer is easy. This is going to be Christian Harris.

641
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: Christian Harris is going to be one of the breakout

642
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: players in college football this year. I look at a

643
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: couple of inside backers in the SEC if you want

644
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 1: to look at Georgia Nikobe Dean is a name that

645
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,959
Speaker 1: a lot of you know, hardcore fans already know, and

646
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: hardcore fans already know Christian Harris. He started last year

647
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 1: for Alabama, but he was pressed into starting duty as

648
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: a true freshman because Dylan Moses and Josh McMillan were

649
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: both lost for the season. If you'll recall, well, now

650
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,000
Speaker 1: he's a guy that they are going to choose to

651
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: start there alongside Dylan Moses in my humble opinion, and

652
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: I think he is a guy who has immense upside

653
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 1: and he's a guy who I think will shine this

654
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: year for them. Max is next. I know the PAC

655
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: twelve isn't playing this fall. But what steps do you

656
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 1: think Oregon needs to take to get to the next level.

657
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: If they can repeat or sustain the twenty nineteen season,

658
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: which recruiting suggests they can, I see them approaching the

659
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: Oklahoma level of being a consistent playoff contender. Max. I

660
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,719
Speaker 1: don't disagree with you, but I think you may be

661
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 1: short selling them a little bit. I understand what you

662
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 1: mean in the Oklahoma comparison, but maybe a little bit

663
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 1: different comparison here because they're building it with defense in

664
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: mind too at Oregon, and so my simple answer on

665
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: what they need to do is they need to remain

666
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: on the same trajectory that they don't need to change

667
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: really anything. I think this year one of the biggest

668
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: questions about them was going to be quarterback, but they've

669
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: got that question tentatively answered for the future with ty

670
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: Thompson being committed. He's a high four star guy out

671
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: of Arizona, and he's a guy who a lot of

672
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 1: people think really highly of. Obviously us included at twenty

673
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: four to seven. But I mean they have a long

674
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: since established a brand and that brand still matters, and

675
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: it probably carries as much weight today as it ever

676
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 1: has the identity has already been established there and was

677
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 1: in the process of continuing to be established. Like I said,

678
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: with your quarterback of the future committed that just it

679
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: gives me such an added level of comfort, and it

680
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: gives your recruiting an added level of stability. It almost

681
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: feels like when you have the quarterback, it is the

682
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: foundation on which you're building the rest of the class.

683
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: And that's what it feels like to me that Mario

684
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: Cristobaul is doing at Oregon. Here is the big unknown,

685
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: and I think you know what I'm talking about in

686
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: the road. I'm going down what factors outside your control

687
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: may limit you, And I'm talking about PAC twelve factors

688
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: I'm talking about Obviously already the conference falling further and

689
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: further behind the rest of the pack before COVID now

690
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: missing a season, as it seems will happen. Now. I

691
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: know there's been some positive traction as of late, but

692
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: no one thinks that the PAC twelve is going to

693
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: play a fall season obviously, and a spring season. It

694
00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: lacks a whole lot of credibility. Let me just put

695
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,440
Speaker 1: it like that, And so what kind of damage is

696
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: being done that Oregon can do nothing about. And the

697
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 1: follow up to that is, if damage is done to

698
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: the profile of your program, how hard is it to

699
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: maintain elite coaches like a Mario Christobal for example. I mean,

700
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: like I said, it wouldn't be Oregon's fault, but if

701
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: they are attached to a loser, if they are attached

702
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: to a conference, that becomes a loser and a losing

703
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,839
Speaker 1: proposition to be affiliated with, and you maintain that affiliation,

704
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to maintain that affiliation and also

705
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: maintain top level personnel because you just can't compete with

706
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 1: the other big boys. Can't do it. You don't offer

707
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 1: a competitive enough opportunity as the other big boys would.

708
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: So those are the factors that are in play when

709
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: it comes to the future of Oregon. Bert is next up. Now,

710
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 1: this is going to be a painful question, but we're

711
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 1: just gonna rip off the bandaid together. All right. The

712
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: first five words here are going to let you know

713
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: how tough and dicey this could get. I am an

714
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: Arkansas fan. Okay, that's how Burt starts it off, So

715
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: prepare yourself accordingly. Most of us are in hiding right now. Question,

716
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: do you think Arkansas maybe a little better than given

717
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 1: credit for. Sam Pittman has picked up some nice transfers.

718
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: I follow every practice. They're looking pretty good. Bert, this

719
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: is a very strange answer or the way that I'm

720
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,839
Speaker 1: going to answer this, because I think the answer may

721
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,319
Speaker 1: be yes. I think some people expect Arkansas to be

722
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 1: one of the worst teams of all time. Well that's

723
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: not the case. Arkansas is not going to be a

724
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: good team this year. Arkansas has a win total of

725
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:10,720
Speaker 1: like one or one and a half for a reason.

726
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: But I want you to think about how hard it

727
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: would be to gauge this. Arkansas could be well above

728
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 1: expectation and go two to eight. Arkansas could be the

729
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: number thirty four team in the country. Let's say Bert,

730
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: that I were able to snap my fingers and you

731
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 1: and I could just know absolute truth about every team.

732
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: And let's say I snap my fingers, and the absolute

733
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: truth about Arkansas is they are going to be the

734
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: number thirty four team in America. Just wire to wire,

735
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: They're going to be consistently the number thirty four team

736
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Speaker 1: in America. These are our universally true power ratings. They

737
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: were delivered to us from on High. Arkansas is the

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00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: thirty fourth best team in the country. I'm going to

739
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,800
Speaker 1: read you their schedule. Georgia. They're better than thirty four Auburn.

740
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,919
Speaker 1: They're better than thirty four A and M. They're better

741
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 1: than thirty four Tennessee. They're better than thirty four Florida LSU.

742
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: They're both better than thirty four Alabama. They're better than

743
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 1: thirty four. I just read you one, two, three, four, five, six,

744
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: seven of their ten opponents. So if they are the

745
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: number thirty four team in the country, even which is

746
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 1: not bad at all, they would still if everyone just

747
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: played to expectation, they would be three and seven right

748
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 1: off the bat. Then you would throw in games against

749
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: Mississippi State, Ole, miss and Missouri, and some of those

750
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 1: games are obviously toss up kind of games if you're

751
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,880
Speaker 1: ranked thirty fourth in the country, So you could be

752
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: the number thirty four team in the country if you're

753
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: Arkansas this year and go two and eight. Just if

754
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: everyone played to form, you would go two and eight.

755
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: So my reason for stating that is Arkansas could be

756
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: way better than people think they are this year, and

757
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,800
Speaker 1: a lot of folks would have no clue because a

758
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: lot of folks just pay attention to record. And I'm

759
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: telling you, Arkansas could be a top three this year

760
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: and go to and eight and justifiably do it like

761
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: that wouldn't be underachievement. Justifiably go too and eight. That's

762
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: the historic nature of how hard this schedule is. So Bert,

763
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: hang in there, Man, hang in there, because I do

764
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: believe they put together a good staff. I do believe

765
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,840
Speaker 1: it's a very underrated staff. And listen, I do believe

766
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,839
Speaker 1: like you, they're probably better than a lot of people

767
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: are power rating them. I just don't know that anyone's

768
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: going to realize it. Joe is up next. What would

769
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 1: it take for Notre Dame to beat Clemson at home?

770
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 1: Is it reasonable? Or is the gap so large that

771
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,439
Speaker 1: the only hope is for Clemson playmakers to be out

772
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: due to something like contact tracing? Joe, I would say,

773
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 1: forget COVID to anyone, forget COVID, and that's going to

774
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: exist all year, and yes, it's going to be a factor,

775
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: and it could very well be a factor. I mean,

776
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 1: Clemson could have twenty players on the shelf when you

777
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: play them, for all I know. But no one can

778
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: predict it, obviously, So let's just remove that from the equation.

779
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,879
Speaker 1: Let me be clear here, Notre Dame's capable of beating

780
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,799
Speaker 1: Clemson just straight up. They're capable of beating them. Now,

781
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 1: a couple of things right off the bat that I

782
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: think it would take is probably plus one or better

783
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: in the turnover margin, and you would probably need a

784
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:10,800
Speaker 1: decided win on special teams hidden yardage. You would probably

785
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: need to decisively win that aspect of the football game.

786
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,839
Speaker 1: But if that were the case, this is possible, man.

787
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like Clemson's gonna roll in there

788
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: and be favored by three and a half touchdowns. That's

789
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: not the gap that exists between these teams. Notre Dame

790
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 1: is a very good team. The problem that people have

791
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: buying into the upset potential is the same roadblock that

792
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: I have. You're not dynamic enough at quarterback. If you're

793
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: dynamic enough at quarterback, then all of a sudden, it's

794
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: like it's well, you got a puncher's chance, so to speak. Well,

795
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: Notre Dame is kind of the inverse. Notre Dame is

796
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,760
Speaker 1: good at quarterback, and that's what they are. They're good

797
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:54,240
Speaker 1: if you believe in rating on a scale of bad, poor, average, good, great, elite,

798
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: you know, Notre Dame is about two notches or three

799
00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: notches below at quarterback what a Trevor Lawrence is, for example.

800
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: But Trevor Lawrence has had off games before, normally not

801
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: in the big ones admittedly, but he says in bad

802
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 1: games before, or some off games at least. And I'll

803
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: tell you this too. I was listening to Anahikey do

804
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 1: a kind of a rundown of how they feel about

805
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 1: their team up there at Clemson. They have questions, they

806
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: just know that they're going to have time to answer them.

807
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: But I mean, if they had to play right off

808
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: the if they had to play Arkansas schedule, for example,

809
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 1: there'd be a lot more trepidation. Make no mistake in

810
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,959
Speaker 1: the voices of Clemson fan too, because Clemson fan looks

811
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 1: around and of course every position has a talented replacement.

812
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: But I mean, they got some guys who got to

813
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: prove it on their defensive front. They got some slots

814
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: to fill at wide receiver, they got some talented ones,

815
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: but they got some slots to fill there. They're really dynamic,

816
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 1: they're really good at running backs. So I don't think

817
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: there are many slots to fill there. But listen, there

818
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: are some places that maybe or maybe not panning out

819
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: for Clemson could impact that game in But everything's got

820
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:57,880
Speaker 1: to go right for Notre Dame. Like you got to

821
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: take care of your business and then hope for a

822
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: couple of slip ups there. Listen, Crazier things have happened,

823
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: That's all I'm saying. I don't view this as you know,

824
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: some buster Douglas Mike Tyson special. If Notre Dame's able

825
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: to knock Clemson off problems, probably that you have to

826
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: do it twice. And that's that's where it gets a

827
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: little bit more dicey. Next up is Jared I got

828
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: into a spat with my roommate earlier today. We're all

829
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: Georgia fans. One of them kept saying JT. Daniels is

830
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 1: Jake from two point oh? What do you think of

831
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 1: that charge? Well, Jared, what if he is? What if

832
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 1: he is Jake from two point oh? Since when did

833
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: this become pejorative in context? Let me let me do

834
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 1: a little exercise with you. Okay, for everyone who loves

835
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,360
Speaker 1: to crap on the name of Jake From, if I

836
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: could change just one thing about history that had nothing

837
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: to do with Jake From but it would change everyone's

838
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: perception of Jake From. Would you believe that? Because it's right.

839
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 1: I'm right on this. If I could go back to

840
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, Jake From is a freshman this year, I believe,

841
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 1: and they're playing Alabama in the National Championship game. Let

842
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: me reiterate, let me let me restate that for those

843
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: in the back, Jake From as a true freshman quarterback

844
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: has Georgia in the National title Game. Now I can

845
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: already hear some of you in the back saying, well, yeah,

846
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: that was called a defense though. Okay, right, you can

847
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: be terrible at quarterback, but defense is getting you to

848
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 1: a national title Okay, Yeah, there's just a list a

849
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: mile long of teams that have bad quarterbacks who have

850
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,880
Speaker 1: been in national title games. Absolutely so. Anyway, for the

851
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,400
Speaker 1: serious adults in the room, yes, there they are the

852
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: Georgia Bulldogs and Jake CROM's freshman year. They're in the

853
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: National Title game. Overtime of that title game. By the way,

854
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 1: I'm going to change one thing. And the one thing

855
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: I'm going to change is the tu a tongue of

856
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:47,280
Speaker 1: Iloa pass to DeVante Smith second twenty six. It's dropped.

857
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,759
Speaker 1: They go to third and twenty six, they pick up

858
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: half the yardage necessary. They set up a fourth down

859
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 1: field goal try, which of course Alabama misses because they

860
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,399
Speaker 1: are Alabama, and Georgia wins the national title. Jake From

861
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: didn't do a thing like Jake From's performance was already

862
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 1: solidified in that game and in that season. But if

863
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 1: I just changed that one thing in history that had

864
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: nothing to do with Jake From, I didn't change a

865
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 1: thing about Jake From. Jake From would all of a

866
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:17,280
Speaker 1: sudden be described as a national championship quarterback and everyone

867
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: would remember him differently. And that is the reason I

868
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,440
Speaker 1: don't really take those kinds of things seriously. Everyone refers

869
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: to Jake From as oh, he was average at best,

870
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 1: he was underachiever, whatever, man I mean, Jake From was

871
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 1: a pretty good quarterback. Now, he wasn't Matthew Stafford, you know,

872
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,879
Speaker 1: he wasn't a guy who was a top ten lock.

873
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 1: I understand that not everyone is. I don't know if

874
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,840
Speaker 1: you've noticed, very few are, but Jake fromm was not

875
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: a bad player there. And I'm not his cousin or

876
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 1: his brother, even though it probably sounds like it over

877
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: the last two minutes. But I say all that to

878
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:53,400
Speaker 1: say this, If j T. Daniels is Jake From you

879
00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:54,719
Speaker 1: know what, he's going to be good enough to do

880
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: win a whole lot of football games at Georgia. Now

881
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: we ask, what if he's a little bit better than

882
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: Jake From well in twenty seventeen, that probably would have

883
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: been a national title, or maybe just being as good

884
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: as Jake From and being able to take care of

885
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 1: business on second twenty six get your safety over there

886
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,800
Speaker 1: in time, maybe that was good enough. But if I

887
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,839
Speaker 1: were to have just changed that one thing about history, no

888
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:16,879
Speaker 1: one would even be talking about what Jake from two

889
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: point zero means, No one to be talking about that.

890
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 1: So because of that, Jared I would say, I think

891
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: it's reasonable to expect at least Jake From potential from JT. Daniels.

892
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 1: Get him healthy. You know, that's one thing we haven't

893
00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: been able to see is we didn't see him in

894
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 1: the spring game obviously, and we didn't see any hardly

895
00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: any footage of him from fall camp, so we don't

896
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 1: really know how he's moving. And that's one of the

897
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: remains to be seen things about Georgia and really the

898
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,279
Speaker 1: SEC in general. Right now, all right, right, quick, here.

899
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 1: We're about to go into a couple of questions combined

900
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:53,760
Speaker 1: and they are about LSU, and it specifically remove the filter,

901
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 1: and they just want my honest, straightforward, raw opinion about LSU.

902
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,400
Speaker 1: So you know what, I'm going to give you my raw, straightforward,

903
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,359
Speaker 1: honest opinion about the future, both short term and long

904
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,800
Speaker 1: term of LSU. We'll do that right after the break.

905
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: All right, So we're back here and I'm going to

906
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: combine three questions into one cause they were essentially the

907
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: same thing. So West Texas LSU fan Lula Bear and

908
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: Ray Horton, here's kind of the summary of the questions

909
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:22,399
Speaker 1: they asked. West Texas kind of asked Barton and Bud

910
00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: gave their take on LSU this season, do you think

911
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: there's a shot at them contending in the SEC West?

912
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: And then Lula Bear and Ray asked just for my

913
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:34,000
Speaker 1: dead honest opinion on LSU near future, long term future,

914
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 1: everything from recruiting to program buy in to coaching hires

915
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 1: and everything in between. So a to be hard for

916
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 1: me to envision them contending in the SEC West this year.

917
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 1: I think there is a big gap in this year's

918
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: teams between them and Alabama. I think Texas A and

919
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 1: M is going to put a better product Week one

920
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:55,480
Speaker 1: on the field than LSU is. I think they'll be

921
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 1: very competitive with Auburn, so it'd be very hard for

922
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 1: me to see them compete for the SEC West this year.

923
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,440
Speaker 1: As for the future, this is where there is a

924
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 1: point of serious contention with a lot of people. As

925
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: I've spoken about, a lot of people believe twenty nineteen

926
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,200
Speaker 1: was kind of a one year wonder. I believe that

927
00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:15,440
Speaker 1: there were a lot of things injected into the program

928
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: before last year really that obviously went a long win

929
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: producing the result they had last year, but would set

930
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: you up for long term success. Now here's the thing.

931
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: You have to continue doing an inventory of your program.

932
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,839
Speaker 1: The things I'm talking about is Number one, they got

933
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 1: the right athletic director in there in Scott Woodward. Number two,

934
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:38,239
Speaker 1: they really beefed up their support staff. They've enhanced facilities,

935
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:39,719
Speaker 1: and some of this was already in the works, but

936
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 1: they've expedited the process. They filtered out and I can't

937
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 1: state this in strong enough terms, filtered out some of

938
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 1: the elements that didn't need to be around the program.

939
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:54,120
Speaker 1: And whereas maybe previously we had kind of one toe

940
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: in the water, and then one was just kind of

941
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 1: twirling the water around a little bit. Well, now both

942
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,240
Speaker 1: toes are in the water, both feed are in the water,

943
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,279
Speaker 1: and if you're not on board with that, then you're out.

944
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: We got to have a freight train and every car

945
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,799
Speaker 1: has got to be moving the same direction, same speed,

946
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,399
Speaker 1: because we're trying to compete with one in Tuscaloosa that's

947
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 1: been doing the same and it had a head start

948
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: on us. So they got a generational group of talent

949
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 1: in there last year and a generational combination of coaching

950
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,840
Speaker 1: in their last year. That kind of expedited the process.

951
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:25,719
Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean that when that combination left that

952
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 1: the DNA they injected left too. If they injected the

953
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: proper DNA, it's still there. Now. They could go six

954
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: and four this year and that still be true because

955
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 1: they've been dealt a set of cards this year that

956
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: hardly anyone could deal with. I mean, what if Nick

957
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: Saban had thirty four players leave his team from last year?

958
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 1: What if he had that? You know, so even the

959
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,280
Speaker 1: I mentioned that, because the best in the country would

960
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 1: be hard pressed to overcome what edwars Roun's going to

961
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: deal with this year. So a lot of people are

962
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: going to draw conclusions this year if the team, if

963
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: the team and the record go sideways, that twenty nineteen, Well,

964
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,000
Speaker 1: there's our confirmation it was indeed a one year mirage,

965
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 1: not necessarily recruiting that. They just had a dynamite weekend

966
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: this past weekend. They're not gonna fall off. If anything,

967
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna sell under achievement this year as reason to

968
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 1: recruits to come in. You can play early. We've proven

969
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:13,720
Speaker 1: we can develop you and send you to the league.

970
00:48:13,719 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: We just sent how many fourteen or fifteen to the league.

971
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,359
Speaker 1: We're gonna send a couple more that opted out this year.

972
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: You can see that you can win championships. Here, here's

973
00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: the ring. We just won one. So I mean, there's

974
00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 1: no downside, it's all upside. They can sell LSU in

975
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,359
Speaker 1: abundance right now on the recruiting trail, and I think

976
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: they're going to finish with the top five class, easily

977
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: top five because of that, if not challenge for the

978
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:38,920
Speaker 1: number one class. It just all comes down to managing

979
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,840
Speaker 1: a program. You know, there's a there's a kind of

980
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,880
Speaker 1: a school of thought out there that edwors Heron is

981
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,400
Speaker 1: a good end season guy like he's a good game

982
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: day guy. He's a good guy to lead a football team.

983
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 1: But a football program and a football team are two

984
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: different things. A football program is an organization. It is

985
00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 1: like a company. Is your head coach properly equipped to

986
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: lead that? That's not the way it used to be,

987
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:06,239
Speaker 1: but it is today. You got a whole lot of

988
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,880
Speaker 1: garbage on your plate that's not football related that you

989
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: have to deal with. It's administrative in nature, and it's

990
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,239
Speaker 1: just it's why you have to be more of a

991
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:19,439
Speaker 1: CEO type than you know, chalk under the fingernails, x's

992
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:22,080
Speaker 1: nose type, just spend all day watching film. That is

993
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: not the role of a head coach. In twenty twenty

994
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: college football, you got a million things that have nothing

995
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 1: to do with the football field that you have to

996
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 1: deal with. If Edwar's run has that guy, and if

997
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: he has surrounded himself with the right people, then you'll

998
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,319
Speaker 1: see it. I think you'll even see it this year,

999
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: even if the record is subpar, you'll see it. Next up.

1000
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: Rosie had a good question. You, Chris Pate, wake up

1001
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,360
Speaker 1: and are eighteen years old. You are ranked the nation's

1002
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:50,440
Speaker 1: number one long snapper. Who do you sign with and

1003
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 1: why Rosie. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going

1004
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:54,440
Speaker 1: to get kind of creative here because I only have

1005
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 1: one career and it's mine, and I have a precious commodity.

1006
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 1: Every team needs it, a quality long snapper. If you

1007
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,800
Speaker 1: don't believe me, I hope you watch the Central Arkansas

1008
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,840
Speaker 1: game from the other night. So here's what I would do.

1009
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: I would announce my plans ahead of time and those

1010
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: who don't like it can get out of the process entirely.

1011
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:15,880
Speaker 1: But I am announcing, as Chris Pate, the eighteen year

1012
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: old number one long snapper in the country, I am

1013
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 1: announcing that I plan on playing four years at four

1014
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: different universities. I'm going to see the world or the

1015
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: country at least. I'm going to see the world of

1016
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:30,879
Speaker 1: college football, and I'm going to transfer after every year.

1017
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 1: I'm going to start at Alabama because I want to

1018
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 1: be able to say fifty years from now, I played

1019
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:37,400
Speaker 1: for Nick Saban, I played for the best in America,

1020
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: and I can win a national championship there. Then I'm

1021
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 1: going to transfer to Iowa State because I have a

1022
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:45,879
Speaker 1: weird fascination with Iowa State, even at eighteen years old,

1023
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:48,279
Speaker 1: even as Chris Pate. I have a fascination with Iowa State,

1024
00:50:48,719 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 1: so I'm going up there to check off my Iowa

1025
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 1: State bucket list wish of playing for the Cyclones. Then

1026
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:56,560
Speaker 1: I'm headed to the Big Ten and I'm going to

1027
00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:59,279
Speaker 1: Ohio State because i want to be able to say

1028
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: that I played for or in my age, what was

1029
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 1: the best program in the Big Ten. Now, who knows

1030
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,880
Speaker 1: fifty years from now what's happening up there. Maybe they

1031
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 1: haven't even started playing football again for all we know.

1032
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 1: But let's be positive here. And then I'm gonna get

1033
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: really creative. In my fourth year. I'm gonna go to Hawaii,

1034
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: stub my toe getting off the plane, take a red

1035
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:21,560
Speaker 1: shirt year, and then play my red shirt senior year

1036
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: in Hawaii. So I bought myself two years on the

1037
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 1: island and then I'm probably gonna take my talents to

1038
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:30,279
Speaker 1: the NFL at that point. But what a career I

1039
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 1: will have had at that point. I'm going Bama, Iowa State,

1040
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:37,000
Speaker 1: Ohio State, Hawaii, off year, Hawaii, and That's how I'm

1041
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: going to handle my career as a long snapper. Thank

1042
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:44,279
Speaker 1: you for the opportunity, Rosie. Respect. My decision next up

1043
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 1: is gw colonial and he said, do you think Nebraska

1044
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 1: can return to winning conference titles and national titles under

1045
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 1: Scott Frost? And my answer is no. But that sounds

1046
00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: very heartless, So allow me to get more in depth here.

1047
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:04,319
Speaker 1: There was a plural on this titles and now I

1048
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,839
Speaker 1: just don't believe it is reasonable for Scott Frost, even

1049
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,759
Speaker 1: if he's the best head coach in America. I just

1050
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 1: don't believe that in the modern day, the structure of

1051
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,200
Speaker 1: college football is built to allow a perennial contender to

1052
00:52:16,239 --> 00:52:18,719
Speaker 1: exist at Nebraska. Now, I'd love to be wrong on that.

1053
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:22,239
Speaker 1: Believe me, I have nothing against Nebraska. I love Nebraska,

1054
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,719
Speaker 1: so I'd love to be wrong there. But I got

1055
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,319
Speaker 1: to have someone present me some pretty solid counterpoints to

1056
00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:31,759
Speaker 1: change my mind on that. However, could there be one

1057
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:34,920
Speaker 1: of those magical runs come together? Well, of course there could,

1058
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,799
Speaker 1: absolutely there could. I just think there are some things

1059
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,800
Speaker 1: out of the control of Nebraska that have to take place.

1060
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: And here's what I mean. I don't think Ohio State

1061
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,080
Speaker 1: could be operating at the level they currently are and

1062
00:52:47,160 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: you win a conference title, there a national title. I

1063
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: just don't believe that that would happen. But here's what

1064
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:54,759
Speaker 1: could happen. Ohio State could have a down year and

1065
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Speaker 1: it could coincide with maybe Penn State and or Michigan,

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Speaker 1: like whoever else would be in the way. They could have,

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00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:03,640
Speaker 1: you know, just subpar a year at quarterback in the

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00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:06,680
Speaker 1: league and you end up having a senior quarterback and

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00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 1: just you have one of those years come together. But

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00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:12,839
Speaker 1: then you start making it plural and they're just going

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00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:15,760
Speaker 1: to run off a string that I find hard to believe.

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Speaker 1: I just don't know how I could envision that happening.

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00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:20,880
Speaker 1: But again, would love to be wrong, would love to

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Speaker 1: be wrong. Now, I will say this, the recruiting dynamic

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00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: obviously is one that works against Nebraska. But you know

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00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:31,440
Speaker 1: there's some data out there that shows you state lines

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00:53:31,480 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: don't matter as much as they used to. You know,

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00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:35,080
Speaker 1: it used to mean something if you could pull a

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00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: kid out of another state. Well now everyone does it

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00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:41,320
Speaker 1: every recruiting cycle. So maybe, you know, maybe Nebraska figures

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00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: out a way to start a really solid pipeline annually

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00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 1: out of a couple of areas like maybe the Carolinas

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00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:52,400
Speaker 1: and North Georgia, or maybe Eve Florida, or maybe East Texas.

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00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:56,240
Speaker 1: Like maybe they just really go hardcore, and Scott Frost

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00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:58,640
Speaker 1: loads his staff up and his support staff with guys

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00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: who specialize in those geographic regions and they just kind

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00:54:03,239 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 1: of ForwArt conventional wisdom in what you're supposed to be

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00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:10,080
Speaker 1: able to do in recruiting at Nebraska. Maybe that happens,

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00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:12,520
Speaker 1: and if that were to happen, and that's a game changer,

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00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 1: but it really really has to happen. It can't just

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00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: be a few exceptions to the rule. It has to

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00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 1: be the rule. Next up is Gator's fifteen. Why do

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00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:24,800
Speaker 1: you think the PAC twelve doesn't seem to be getting

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00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 1: used in a political sense like the Big ten because

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00:54:27,160 --> 00:54:29,840
Speaker 1: they're not available to be used because they haven't politicized it.

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Speaker 1: That's why the PAC twelve don't care if you agree

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Speaker 1: with their decision or not. They've been crystal clear from

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Speaker 1: day one. They've been straightforward with what they're going to do,

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Speaker 1: what they're not going to do, why they're not going

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00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 1: to do it, and that's it, period, Like that's the

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00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: end of the sentence. And when things changed, then all

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00:54:45,520 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you heard Larry Scott come forward and say, hey,

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00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:49,359
Speaker 1: it looks like things may be changing. Okay, here's what

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00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: we're talking about. Now, here's the process, here's what it'll take.

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00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:58,480
Speaker 1: But they're not available to be used the Big Ten. Listen,

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00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:01,479
Speaker 1: part of the reason they're being used politically is because

1107
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:05,600
Speaker 1: they volunteered to be used politically. Maybe some politicians in

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00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: the Big Ten are using that Big ten logo and

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00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:13,399
Speaker 1: politicizing it. Maybe they're doing that. Maybe there's internal politicization,

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00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:15,440
Speaker 1: which has always been one of the hardest words to

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00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:19,400
Speaker 1: say in the English language, right behind asterisk, which a

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00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:21,160
Speaker 1: lot of people think will be attributed to this season.

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00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:22,719
Speaker 1: And I'm not willing to go along with that. But

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Speaker 1: Gator's fifteen. I think that's the simple answer. Sebastian. Oh boy,

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00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:31,000
Speaker 1: he's wrapping us up with a good one here. Sebastian says,

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00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:33,760
Speaker 1: what are some of your favorite restaurants and college towns

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00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:37,279
Speaker 1: you go to? All right, I've got a few that

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00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:39,839
Speaker 1: I wrote down, But I want to preface this by

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00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:44,720
Speaker 1: saying I live a very nomadic lifestyle during the season.

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Speaker 1: So what I like to do is I like to

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00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:50,879
Speaker 1: travel day of game. Normally I'm covering the game. Okay,

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00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:52,759
Speaker 1: I'm not going in town for the weekend. I'm not

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00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:57,360
Speaker 1: going as a fan. I'm going to work quote unquote,

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Speaker 1: and so I leave day of game. If I'm flying in,

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Speaker 1: I like to fly in morning of game, and I'll

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Speaker 1: get there and you know, I eat at the stadium,

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00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 1: I eat in the press box and stuff, and so

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Speaker 1: afterwards I'm there two hours minimum after game, and I

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00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:15,399
Speaker 1: like to travel out same night. I like to get

1130
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:17,279
Speaker 1: in and get out in other words, and so it

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00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: doesn't leave a lot of time for me to experience

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00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 1: the culinary scene, which is my fault. But there are

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00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 1: some places, the ones that I've covered more regularly. Obviously,

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00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:28,799
Speaker 1: I've spent more time in these towns. So I gave

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00:56:28,840 --> 00:56:30,680
Speaker 1: you one in each of the three towns that I've

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00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:34,000
Speaker 1: spent the most time in. Archibalds in Northport, which is

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Speaker 1: adjacent to Tuscaloosa. Those are the best ribs in the

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Speaker 1: Tuscaloosa Northport kind of University of Alabama scene. Outsiders, of course,

1139
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:47,000
Speaker 1: attribute Dreamland to Tuscaloosa. I'm not some snob. I don't

1140
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:49,200
Speaker 1: hate on Dreamland. I mean that place is really good too,

1141
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:53,439
Speaker 1: But Archibald's, from my money, best ribs there, best ribs

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Speaker 1: I've ever had, by the way, not just in Tuscaloosa

1143
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:59,080
Speaker 1: or Northport, Pulaski Heights is a place up in Athens

1144
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:02,400
Speaker 1: that's really good barbecue joint. And then there's a place

1145
00:57:02,520 --> 00:57:08,360
Speaker 1: in Auburn that's called Niffers. And they've got also another restaurant,

1146
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 1: at least one more that's over in Opalaika, which is

1147
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 1: a twin city to Auburn. Now I prefer the Opalaikah Establishment,

1148
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 1: and I'm going to tell you exactly why. It has

1149
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 1: an open deck there in downtown Opalaika, which is adjacent

1150
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:24,080
Speaker 1: to a major rail line. And I love trains, So

1151
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:26,640
Speaker 1: you can sit outside and you can eat on that deck,

1152
00:57:27,080 --> 00:57:29,080
Speaker 1: and then you can watch the trains go by. And

1153
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:30,880
Speaker 1: I'm going to be perfectly honest with you, I mean

1154
00:57:31,120 --> 00:57:34,400
Speaker 1: consuming copious amounts of beef while watching freight trains go

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00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,920
Speaker 1: by all afternoon. Outside of owning your private island and

1156
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:40,040
Speaker 1: the Bahamas of the Caribbean, I would ask, you, know,

1157
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:43,200
Speaker 1: like Ray's father in Field of Dreams, is this heaven?

1158
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:45,480
Speaker 1: And then a waitress walks up to you and says, no,

1159
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:48,200
Speaker 1: it's Opalaika. Are you ready to place your order? But

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00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:49,960
Speaker 1: those are my three favorites, and there are a lot

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00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,120
Speaker 1: of other ones. There's some places I've been to i'd

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00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: flat out don't remember the names of which is also

1163
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 1: my fault. So I'll need to do like Andy Staples.

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00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 1: I need to start recording my food. I need to

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00:57:59,800 --> 00:58:03,520
Speaker 1: start recording my culinary experiences more often, because I've had

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00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:05,320
Speaker 1: some good ones. Now I've had some really good ones,

1167
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:09,640
Speaker 1: and I do not have a sophisticated, refined palette. I'll

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00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: eat anything. I will eat anything and not apologize for it.

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Speaker 1: So that is Late Kick Extra for today. Remember if

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Speaker 1: you're listening on Tuesday, we've got an episode of Late

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1180
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Speaker 1: listening matters less. It's just that the Apple metrics are

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Speaker 1: one that our company chooses to use. So thank you

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Speaker 1: so much for doing that. I am Josh Pate, this

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Speaker 1: has been Late Kick Extra. Have a great day and

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Speaker 1: God bless